Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of IndependenceOxford University Press, 4. jun. 2007 - 704 strani In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. Some do not always measure up to their iconic reputations, including Washington himself. The book also examines the many faceless men who soldiered, often for years on end, braving untold dangers and enduring abounding miseries. The author explains why they served and sacrificed, and sees them as the forgotten heroes who won American independence. |
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... militia, for centuries the home defense system in England. All able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and sixty were required to serve in the militia, or trainband as it was sometimes called, which was used in emergencies to ...
... militia, for centuries the home defense system in England. All able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and sixty were required to serve in the militia, or trainband as it was sometimes called, which was used in emergencies to ...
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... militia. They served a one-year hitch. Few reenlisted. Whereas the British regulars often had years of training before they experienced combat, colonial soldiers sometimes spent only a few hours on the training field, and few ever grew ...
... militia. They served a one-year hitch. Few reenlisted. Whereas the British regulars often had years of training before they experienced combat, colonial soldiers sometimes spent only a few hours on the training field, and few ever grew ...
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... militia “upon a proper footing.”31 Some had wanted Congress to go further by assisting the colonies in readying their militia, or even by creating a national army and navy. Such steps were too radical for this assembly. Congress, said ...
... militia “upon a proper footing.”31 Some had wanted Congress to go further by assisting the colonies in readying their militia, or even by creating a national army and navy. Such steps were too radical for this assembly. Congress, said ...
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... militia, a program that was embraced by the colony's Provincial Congress, an extralegal legislature. It directed each town to organize its militia, urged them to begin training immediately, and stipulated that “one-third of the men of ...
... militia, a program that was embraced by the colony's Provincial Congress, an extralegal legislature. It directed each town to organize its militia, urged them to begin training immediately, and stipulated that “one-third of the men of ...
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... militia. The colonials were citizen-soldiers. Most were dairy farmers. A few were craftsmen. To Major John Pitcairn of the Royal Marines, a fifty-three-year-old Scotsman and no-nonsense veteran officer who commanded the lead element of ...
... militia. The colonials were citizen-soldiers. Most were dairy farmers. A few were craftsmen. To Major John Pitcairn of the Royal Marines, a fifty-three-year-old Scotsman and no-nonsense veteran officer who commanded the lead element of ...
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THE WAR IN THE NORTH 17761779 | 73 |
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH 17801781 | 407 |
AMERICAN VICTORY 17811783 | 521 |
Abbreviations | 576 |
Notes | 578 |
Bibliography | 653 |
Index | 663 |
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